“We feel good about our numbers. The folks around the state like the professionalism and the way we’ve been running the Senate in the last six months, partnering with the governor when we need to, to deliver a budget on time that didn’t raise taxes,” he said.

He emphasized that the Democrats are in debt while the Republicans aren’t, and noted that in 2009, when the GOP was in the minority, it nearly matched the Democrats’ $1 million figure.